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HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td class="hangingIndent">
            <input type="checkbox" value="true" name="chkChestAPportable" id="chkChestAPportable" />
            <label for="chkChestAPportable">ED CHEST AP PORTABLE</label>
        </td><td>
            <select name="cboChestAPportableReason" size="1" id="cboChestAPportableReason">
                <option>CHEST 1PAIN</option>
                <option>SHORTNESS OF BREATH</option>
                <option>COUGH</option>
                <option>FEVER</option>
                <option>HYPOXIA</option>
                <option>VENT MANAGEMENT</option>
                <option>ATELECTASIS</option>
                <option>POST PROCEDURE EVAL FOR PNEUMO</option>
                <option value="OTHER  SEE COMMENTS">OTHER SEE COMMENTS</option>
            </select>
        </td><td> 
            <input type="text" name="txtChestAPportableComments" size="30" value="..." id="txtChestAPportableComments" />
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS

* { font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; }
table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; }
table th {
    border-top: #cccccc 1pt solid;
    border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt dotted;
    padding-left: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 10pt;
    vertical-align: top;
    color: #000000;
    line-height: 15pt;
    background-color: #eeeeee;
    text-align: left;
}
table td {
    padding: 2px 0 2px 12px;
    vertical-align: top;
    text-align: left;
}
td.hangingIndent {
    text-indent: -24px;
    padding-left: 36px;
}

JavaScript

/*
* clearDefaultText - jQuery Based Function to Deal with Default Text in Text / Textarea form elements
* http://heo-iforms.blogger.com/
*
* Version: 1.0
* Copyright 2012 Scott Morris - http://heo-iforms.blogger.com/
*
* Dual licensed under MIT or GPLv2 licenses
*   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
*   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
*
*/
 (function( $ ){  
    var methods = {
        init : function(options) {
            // Create some defaults, extending them with any options that were provided
            var settings = $.extend( {
                'filterBy' : 'none',        // options are: {'none','class','text'}
                'className' : '',           // only use if 'filterBy' = 'class'
                'filterText' : '...',       // only use if 'filterBy' = 'text'
                'findString' : 'input[type="text"]'
            }, options);

            var $this = $(this).find(settings.findString);
            if ((settings.filterBy == 'className') && (settings.className != ''))
                $this = $this.filter('.' + settings.className)
            
            if ((settings.filterBy == 'text') && (settings.filterText != ''))
                $this = $this.filter(function() { return $(this).val() == settings.filterText })
                
            return $this.each(function() {
                var $textBox = $(this)
            
                $textBox.focus(function() {
                    if ($textBox.val() == $textBox.attr("defaultText"))
                        $textBox.val("");
                });

                $textBox.blur(function() {
                    if ($textBox.val() == "")
                        $textBox.val($textBox.attr("defaultText"));
                });

                if ($textBox.val() != '')
                    $textBox.attr("defaultText",$textBox.val());
            });
        },
        destroy : function(options) {
            $(window).unbind('.clearDefaultText');
        }
   ...